Currently, most administrative procedures related to import and export activities, especially those that have a great impact on businesses and people, have been connected and implemented through the National Single Window (NSW). The important issue in the current context is to further improve its quality.
Export of vegetables and fruits is forecasted to face many difficulties in the third quarter of 2021, and it will not prosper until the fourth quarter of 2021. However, this year's fruit and vegetable exports are assessed by the Ministry of Industry and Trade to still reach the target set at the beginning of the year with a figure of about US$3.5-3.6 billion.
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While facing difficulties due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, import-export and logistics businesses are worried international freight rates will continue to increase.
Answering and handling problems about rules of origin will help businesses make better use of tariff incentives under FTAs, thereby increasing the rate of import and export turnover.
In May and early June, Vietnamese firms continuously received announcements from authorities about anti-dumping investigations on Vietnamese goods from foreign countries. This causes many difficulties, affecting the export plan of firms.
It is forecast that the production and business situation in 2021 will still facemany difficulties amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Businesses will continue to experience a difficult and unpredictable year to "surmount the pandemic"; many businesses have proposed support policies closer to reality.
Talking to the press recently, Tran Thanh Hai, Deputy Director of the Import-Export Department (Ministry of Industry and Trade) said that since the beginning of the year, Vietnam's import and export sector has seen a strong recovery. However, the "picture" of imports and exports in the future is quite difficult to predict, depending heavily on the Covid-19 pandemic in localities such as Bac Ninh and Bac Giang.
Many export seafood products have experienced a sharp increase in the first half of 2021, seafood enterprises are focusing on deep processing to increase export value of many key products.
Since the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) took effect, Vietnam's leather and footwear exports to the EU market have grown. It is notable this is one of the industries that makes the best use of tariff preferences in the EVFTA by meeting the provisions of the respective rules of origin of goods in the agreement.
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